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Originally Posted by Mike P
You need a lot of prayers, because this is what you're up against:
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A seal population attracting big predators to the same waters shared by 9 year old girls will pose some very difficult issues for the Federal agencies protecting marine mammals. We all know their response will initially be to defend the status quo, but the economic ramfications will likely prove severe to communities dependent on their beaches for their livelihood and tax base if, like elsewhere in the world, a large marine mammal population starts predictably attracting great whites year after year. Economic interest drives political will, and political will molds Federal agencies. It won't happen quickly, but if a majority of the local population begin to see the seal population explosion as a real threat to their safety, lifestyle, and income, then some sort of seal population control becomes a much greater possibility than presently exists. Slim chance I agree, but better than nothing which is what we have now.